Grevillea 'Molly'
Low spreading shrub similar with greyish foliage. Large red flowers throughout the year. Distinctiveness: The closest comparator ‘Robyn Gordon’ has similar colour flower but ‘Molly’ has distinctly yellow stigma compared to red stigma of ‘Robyn Gordon’. Similarly flower colour of ‘Molly’ is red and that of ‘Superb’ is apricot.
Grevillea 'Molly'
Low spreading shrub similar with greyish foliage. Large red flowers throughout the year. Distinctiveness: The closest comparator ‘Robyn Gordon’ has similar colour flower but ‘Molly’ has distinctly yellow stigma compared to red stigma of ‘Robyn Gordon’. Similarly flower colour of ‘Molly’ is red and that of ‘Superb’ is apricot.
Grevillea 'Ninderry-Sunrise'
A spreading, bushy, shrub 1m high x 2 m wide. The orange flowers can be produced most of year but mostly late Spring to Summer. Diagnosis: G. 'Billy Bonkers' has similar growth habit but has red flowers.
Chrysocephalum baxteri 'Midget'
Leafy, compact, low shrub, 15cm high by 30cm wide, with very
small white everlasting flowerheads with yellow discs. As the shrub matures
it develops woody basal stems. Leaves 1.5-4mm long by 0.75mm wide,
alternate, sessile, recurved, apex obtuse. Upper surfaces of leaves
glabrous, lower surface tomentose, flowering stem 5-7cm long, flowerhead
10-15mm across. The rays are fringed. Flowerheads are solitary and
terminal. Flowering period is spring followed by a brief second period of
blooms in January when flowerheads are smaller. Outer involucral bracts are
tan in colour.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar has all the characteristics of the usual forms of
C. baxteri but is distinguished by the diminutive size of all the
characters of the plant - leaves, rays, flowerhead and fruit.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Silver Sheen'
It is an upright shrub growing to a height of 2-3m with a
spread of about 2m. The leaves are deeply lobed and about 90mm long by
about 30mm wide. Individual lobes which end in a small point are about 4mm
wide. The upper surface has fine grey hairs which give a silvery sheen,
while the underside is grey being coverd with dense silky hairs. The
flowers are of the "toohbrush" type and are borne in the leaf axils,. The
deep red perianths are 5mm long while the prominent light orange styles are
25 mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar differs from its stated parent in leaf shape and
size and colour of style.The leaves are shorter, about 90mm long , compared
with about 130mm for Grevillea hookeriana.The styles are light orange in
colour compared with red for Grevillea hookeriana. Grevillea 'Poorinda
Blondie' is also a seedling selection from Grevillea hookeriana. Grevillea
'Poorinda Silver Sheen' differs from Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie' in flower
and style colour. Grevillea 'Poorinda Silver Sheen' has deep red perianths
compared with maroon for Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie'. The styles vary in
colour from pale orange for this cultivar compared with yellow for
Grevillea 'Poorinda Blondie'. Grevillea 'Poorinda Gemini' is another
seedling selection from Grevillea hookeriana. It differs from Grevillea
'Poorinda Silver Sheen' in size of plant and style colour. This cultivar
grows to a height of up to 3m compared to height of only 1m for Grevillea
'Poorinda Gemini' and it has pale orange styles compared with pink for
Grevillea 'Poorinda Gemini'.
Grevillea 'Poorinda Diadem'
It is an upright shrub reaching a height of 2-3m. The entire
leaves are about 30mm long, about 8mm wide and end in a fine point. The
upper leaf surface is shiny green while the underside is grey being covered
with short silky hairs. The flowers are formed into clusters and are borne
in the leaf axils. The perianths are buff-apricot in colour and up to 18mm
long. The yellow styles are 24mm long.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is different from Grevillea 'Poorinda Leane' in
size of plant, leaf size and flower colour. Grevillea 'Poorinda Diadem' is
not as tall nor does it spread as wide as Grevillea 'Poorinda Leane'. The
leaves are shorter but wider, about 30mm long by 8mm wide compared with
40mm long by 4mm wide. The flower colour is less orange and the styles are
yellow compared with red for Grevillea 'Poorinda Leane'.
Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem'
This cultivar is a medium dense shrub growing to 1.5m tall by
1.5 m high. The leaves are narrow-lanceolate to 20mm long by 3mm wide and
greyish-green in colour. They are moderately dense along the branches and
found in whorls of four. The branchlets are covered in closely appressed
white hairs which becomes slightly fewer as the branchlets ages. The nodes
are tufts of white hairs. The flowers are a light lilac-mauve to blue-mauve
and are in small axillary groups in the upper leaf axils. They are borne
prolifically in the spring but some occur all year round.
Diagnosis:
W. fruticosa:
1-2m tall x 3-4m wide. Leaves: narrow lanceolate to linear,
10-25mm long x 2-5mm wide, grey-green, glabrous on upper surface,
hoary-tomentose on under surface, margins recurved or revolute, crowded on
stem, usually in whorls of four, leathery. Flowers:
corolla 14mm long,
calyx hoary-tomentose,white to pale mauve with orange spots, flowers most
of the year.
W.'Wynyabbie Gem':
1.5m tall x 1.5 m wide. Leaves: Narrow lanceolate,
10-20mm x up to 3mm, grey-green, very scattered hairs on upper surface,
hoary-tomentose on under surface, margins slightly recurved, moderately
crowded on stem usually in whorls of four, leathery. Flowers:
Corolla 10mm
long, calyx moderately hairy and sharply pointed, blue-mauve with
browny-orange spots, flowers in spring but occasionally over most of the
year.
W. eremicola:
1-2m tall x 1.5m wide. Leaves: linear to narrow linear,
5-25mm x 1-2mm.grey-green, margins revolute, not crowded on stem, mostly in
whorls of three. Flowers:
corolla 5-6mm long, calyx with scattered hairs,
pale lilac with brownish spots, flowers mainly from September to December.
Westringia 'Wynyabbie Gem' is a more open and erect shrub than W.
fruticosa. The cultivar is denser than W. eremicola.